🔖 VUNESP | Inglês | 2023 | Questão 44 Comentada | Prefeitura (São Bernardo do Campo - SP) | Professor |🏛️ B3GE™
⬛ TEXTO (clique para abrir / fechar)
Leia o texto para responder às questões de números 43 a 46.
English as a Lingua Franca
A number of researchers have studied conversations in English as a Lingua Franca and have noted a number of somewhat surprising characteristics, including:
• Non-use of third person present simple tense -s (She look very sad).
• Interchangeable use of the relative pronouns who and which (a book who, a boy which).
• Omission of articles where they are mandatory in native-speaker English.
• Increasing of redundancy by adding “inexistent” prepositions (We have to study about…, The article treats of…).
• Pluralisation of nouns which are considered uncountable in native-speaker English (informations, staffs).
The evidence suggests that non-native speakers are not conforming to a native English standard. Indeed they seem to get along perfectly well despite the fact that they miss things out and put things in which they ‘should not do’. Not only this, but they are actually better at ‘accommodating’ - that is, negotiating shared meaning through helping each other in a more cooperative way - than, it is suggested, native speakers are when talking to second language speakers (Jenkins 2004). In other words, non-native speakers seem to be better at ELF communication than native speakers are.
🔗 Texto adaptado de: Jeremy Harmer, The Practice of English Language Teaching.
🟨 QUESTÃO 44
A sentence not conforming to a native English standard as the speaker has “put a preposition in” is found in alternative:
(A) Students will be provided with better services with the increase in the quality of education at universities.
(B) Wrongdoings confirmed, several of the country’s newspapers called for the President’s resignation.
(C) Mary’s parents never approve of any of her boyfriends – none of them is ever good enough!
(D) The article focuses on small pieces of advice to help people have a better night’s sleep.
(E) In their weekly meeting, the teachers discussed about the importance of offering students more challenging tasks.
🔐 Gabarito (clique para revelar)
🧭 Leitura orientada
A questão cobra um fenômeno típico do English as a Lingua Franca: a adição indevida de preposições após verbos que, no inglês nativo padrão, são transitivos diretos, como discuss.
🔍 Análise alternativa por alternativa (com pegadinhas)
(A) ❌ Errada
Pegadinha: preposição obrigatória.
O verbo provide exige a preposição with. Uso totalmente adequado ao padrão nativo.
(B) ❌ Errada
Pegadinha: phrasal verb legítimo.
Call for é uma expressão fixa que significa “exigir” ou “pedir formalmente”.
(C) ❌ Errada
Pegadinha: regência verbal correta.
Approve of é a forma padrão em inglês nativo.
(D) ❌ Errada
Pegadinha: verbo + preposição exigida.
Focus on é uma construção correta e cristalizada na língua.
(E) ✅ Correta
Pegadinha: interferência do português.
O verbo discuss não admite preposição em inglês padrão. O correto seria discussed the importance. O uso de about reflete um padrão comum em ELF.
🧠 Resumo B3GE™ Master
Bancas exploram verbos que parecem exigir preposição por influência do português. Discuss, emphasize e consider são transitivos diretos e não aceitam about no inglês nativo padrão.